This new FC system drama will also end soon. Absolutely nothing will change in the future.
Pakistani fans must accept their status. We are a Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and West Indies tier cricket nation now. Our best days are behind us.
The mid 70s to the early 2000s was Pakistan cricket’s peak. How good or bad it was compared to other sides of the time is a different story, but that period was the apex of our cricket history.
Pakistan cricket will only resurrect if we do a factory reset and that is not going to happen.
Pakistan is the most cricket ignorant nation in the world. We are unbelievably deluded and in a state of perpetual denial. Our fans, players, ex-players, coaches, selectors, analysts etc. all have zero understanding of cricket.
Hardly 0.1% of our population has any cricket intelligence and acumen. We misdiagnose our problems, we come up with dumb solutions and we look at other teams the wrong way.
Reducing FC teams will not do anything when our cricket culture and mentally is rotten to the core. If reducing teams guarantees success other countries would follow suit.
India has 38 FC teams. Yes we can argue that they have 1.3 billion people, but if we extend this dumb logic of fewer teams = greater quality, then if India reduces its teams to 19, they will automatically raise the standard of their cricket even more.
If they go a step further and reduce the teams to 8, then every cricket breaking through would be of Kohli and Rohit and Bumrah and Ashwin caliber, because only elites among the elites will get a chance to break into the 8 sides catering to billions of people.
By now, it should be clear where and how far I can go with this.
This 6 teams FC drama that we are doing is nothing more than putting a band-aid on a fracture.
Our fans are already drooling and fantasizing over a certain point in the future where they will see the fruits of this dramaybaazi, but I can guarantee them now and that nothing is going to change.
The reformed FC system is excellent on papers, but obviously proper execution has to be there. I think, you are focusing too much on the number 6, which resembles to Australian system (I think now they have added two more as well, not sure). The idea is not about 6 teams or 19 teams or 38 teams, rather the ide is about bringing whole country under one umbrella in a tier system where top talents of the country are accumulated at top tier and they compete each other - here 6, is just a random number. Personally, I would have gone for 8 teams - keeping same area demarcation intact, I would have added just two more teams - Metro Karachi (Sindh separate, Hyderabad as base), Metro Lahore (Central Punjab becomes North Punjab, Faisalabad as base). Also, it's actually not 6 teams, rather 12 teams considering the Second XI.
On contrary, every other system is exactly as the revised model - even if you go to cash scrapped ZIM, their FC teams are Mashonaland, Matabeleland, West Rhinoland ........... not ZIM Commercial Bank or Electric Supply .... PAK/PCB was one unique system where Cricket was run under Corporate banners in a mercenary system where players play a domestic season in several teams. In India, they do have 38 teams, but the concept is same - whole country covered by State teams and to increase the quality they play two tier FC cricket - PCB can give Second XI FC status, it'll be two tier as well, but devaluing PAK's FC stats. There is a reason some of the most obnoxious FC stats are produce in Indian domestics because they also have very low quality teams under FC status - check career stats of Ajay Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Bhaskar Pillay, Surinder Bhave, Kanitkar, Rishi Dhawan .... just few names coming on top of mind. But, their infrastructure is very good, coaching resources as well - so, a quality players after couple of seasons in Ranji is often ready for International Cricket, which won't happen in PAK domestics.
The reformed structure is a beautiful idea for organizing the game, if functioning properly - it'll bring competitiveness, talent scouting, player distribution etc. But, it won't be effective if the fundaments are not improved - better coaching, skill development programs, payment, discipline, infrastructure etc ... for which you need money, lots of it. Therefore, this system also can fail if these elements are not covered. But, that has nothing to do with the concept of revised FC system - which is a fantastic development.
For the other part of your post, i think PAK fans are not different from other south Asian fans - cricket being an extremely complex game I doubt even 0.1% from IND, PAK or BD has a grasp of the game or not, but they are too passionate - often argues without even understanding what's the topic. In that regard, I won't say passionate but ignorant fans are a blessings - the type of performance PAK/BD is giving these days (or India gave in 1990s), had majority fans been cricket educated, respective boards would have gone bankrupt!!!! It's better that the fans should follow the game without much clue of it ...
Your or our problem in PP is few trolls, who are too expressive about their passion & thoughts without much clue of it and then gets into tug of war to establish their point, or to settle scores.
Actually, it's a small matter of understanding how sports culture works, where there is a gap. The popular belief is that PAK has lots of natural talent, Pakistanis are born cricketers ... etc - obviously there is not much confusion that PAK is a mediocre team, as it's a fact, endorsed by the results and on-field show, but the outcome of the clash between the Talent myth & the result reality is blaming selectors and coaching staff ... as if you engage Denis Lillee and Naseem Shah will become second coming of Fred Truman. And, second problem is - these passionate fan base has absolutely no clue of what standard data looks like for a particular skill - hence often gets stuck in numbers that back fires, when you dig in deep.
Finally, regarding future of PAK cricket - this is where the biggest problem lies. System produces professional players in any competitive sports - therefore where PAK cricket will go in next decade depends more on the eco-social indexes of PAK, PCB & domestic cricket is just one element of it. Overall economic system, living standard, focus on fitness/diet, passion for sports, personal/national pride ... etc are the elements these are the elements that drive the sports future of any nation. As of now, there are positive changes made in cricket frontier, but other factors also has to come up, otherwise I am not so hopeful - PAK cricket will tilt down to Hockey route.
